End-gate.



0. B. REYNOLDS.

END GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 7, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

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OLIVER B. REYNOLDS, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 5, 1909.

Application filed March 7, 1908. Serial No. 419,622.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER B. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in End-Gates, of which thefollowing is a complete specification.

This invention relates to end-gates for wagon bodies, and is moreparticularly designed to be used in connection with clumping wagons.

The object in view is to produce an end gate which will be simple indesign, durable in construction and convenient in use.

The construction herein disclosed is char acterized by the followingfeatures: It forms a close and uninterrupted connection with the floorof the wagon body, and hence is well adapted for use as a scoop board;it can be swung on its lower hinge bearing either partly or completelyopen; it can be swung about its hinge bearing either above or below toany degree, thus adapting it to dump either fine or coarse material; andit can be locked either moderately or absolutely tight to the wagonbody.

Other subordinate improvements will be hereinafter described, pointedout in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of therear and lower corner of a wagon body. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan,showing the floor plate and hinge plate when the end-gate and hingeplate thereon are open. Fig. 3 shows a sideelevation of the rear end ofthe wagon body with the end-gate down. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail viewsin elevation of the rear and upper portion of the wagon body andend-gate in its various relations with respect thereto; Fig. t showingthe end- 'ate loosened at its lower side and pivoting on an axis nearits upper side; Fig. 5 showing the end-gate closed; and in Fig. 6 theend-gate is shown loosened at its lower edge and pivoting 011 an axisformed by the pivotal connection of the clamp rods with the wagon body.Fig. 7 represents a broken rear elevation of the end-gate. Figs. 8 and 9are fragmentary plan views of the left-hand rear corner of the wagonbody, designed to show the reversible clamp blocks in their twodifferent positions; and Figs. 10 and 11 represent, respectively, afragmentary plan and elevation of the rear end of the floor of the wagonbody, showing the manner in which it is recessed to receive the lugs andfloor plate.

In the drawings 1 designates the sides of the wagon body, 2 the floor ofsame and 3 a cleat extending transversely of the bottom and on the underside thereof, the cleat being secured to the bottom by means of thebolts 4. On the upper side of the rear end of the body floor is securedthe floor plate 5, the forward edge thereof being inclined downwardly, atriangular recess or kerf 2 (see Figs. 10 and 11) formed in surface ofsaid floor 2 receiving the downwardly i11- clined edge 5 of the floorplate 5. This construction in effect makes a. smooth and continuoussurface between the floor and floor plate and presents no obstructingledge to bodies moving over same, and yet requires practically nomortising in the floor for the plate. Secured to the under side of theplate 5, by the rivets 6, or other suitable means, are the lugs 7, themortises 2 in the floor receiving said lugs. These lugs projectrearwardly from the rear end of the wagon body floor and have formed intheir ends apertures or eyes 7 which engage the transversely extendingshaft 8, this shaft constituting the lower and principal pivotal axis ofthe end-gate 9.

The end-gate 9 has secured to its iower edge the hinge plate 10, thelower end thereof being bent. to a circular shape to form an eye 10which engages the said shaft 8, the notches 10 being cut in the eyeportion 10 of the hinge plate to receivethe eyes 7- of the lugs 7. Inorder to secure a close fit between the rear edge of the floor plate 5and the hinge plate 10 when the end-gate is in either its open or closedposition, the hinge plate is provided with a slight longitudinaldepression 10 adjacent to the eye portion thereof, the arrangement beingsuch that said depression 10 will receive the rearward edge of the floorplate when the endgate is closed. To hold the transversely ex tendingshaft 8 in position and to render it readily removable, it is providedwith a bent or deflected end 8 which normally lies along the end of theend-gate 9, the spring clip 11,

with the imvardly concave free end 1 1 thereon engaging the bent end andsecuring the shaft against lHOVGI'HOHt.

To control the upper end of the end-gate in its open or closedpositions, the following means are employed: A bearing bracket 12 issecured to the rear ends of the side boards 1 of the wagon body and nearthe upper corner thereof, these bracket bearings forming a pivotalsupport for the clamp rods 13. The clamp rods 13 connect with thebearings 12 through the clamp block 14 and eye bolts 15, these lastmentioned elements in eflect forming a part of said rods and a combinedhinge and swivel bearing between them and the wagon body. The free endsof the clamp rods 13 terminate in the hooks 13 and the clip 16, securedto rear of the end-gate, enables both of the rods to be detachablyengaged with the end-gate, such engagement locking same in its closedposition. The clamp block 14 is provided with the abutting surfaces 1 1and 14 at greater or less distances, respectively, from the longitudinalaxis of the clamp rod 13. When the surface 1& abuts the end-gate 9, asshown in Fig. 8, the end-gate will be locked tightly against the wagonbody; but when the surface 14labuts, the end-gate will be held looselyin place, as illustrated in Fig. 9. The first n'ientioned method oflocking is used when hauling fine material, and the last mentionedmethod when the end-gate is opened as shown in Fig. e. A wearing plate17 is preferably interposed between the abutting surfaces 1& and 14 andthe end-gate 9. At the outer end of the clamp blocks, and integraltherewith, are formed the shoulders 18, the function of which is toengage a corresponding recess 17 in the wearing plate 17 and end-gate 9and thus prevent possible outward spreading of the side boards 1. Afurther function of these shoulders is to form a pivotal axis abouttheir points on which the end-gate swings when the shaft 8 is withdrawnand before the clamp rods 13 are released, the extent of such movementbeing shown in Fig. 4c; 2'. 6., the extent of such movement being thatbetween normal and the position shown in said figure. The extent ofopening last indicated is desi able in unloading small grain, etc.

A guide bracket 19 is secured to the ends of the upper corners of theend-gate, serving to guide the clamp rods 13 when re leased, turningthem in such a manner as to insure their engagement by said bracketswhen the end-gate is folded down, as shown in Fig. 3. If it is desiredto swing the end gate farther open from below when the shaft 8 isremoved, it can be moved from the position shown in Fig. 41 to thatshown in Fig. 6 by disengaging the clamp rods 13 from the clip 16 andthen hooking the guide bracket 19 over the shoulder 18. in this positionthe pivotal axis of the end-gate will be formed by the pivotalconnection between the clamp rods and the wagon body andthe end-gate canbe swung open any desired amount. The nut 15 on the eye-bolt 15 en:ables the clamp block to be adjusted to and from the end-gate andenables the latter to be closed tightly against the rear end of thewagon body. The hooked collar 20 on the clamp rod .13 permits theend-gate to be lowered less than its full movement, while the cleat 21,"which is fixed to the end-gate near the upper edge thereof, operates tostrengthen same and forms a stronger fastening for the lower end of theguide bracket 19.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

1. In a device of the class described, in combination, a wagon body, anend-gate hinge-connected to the rear end of the floor thereof, clamprods pivotally connected to the rear ends of the sides of said wagonbody, reversible clamp blocks in connection with said rods, the abuttingsurfaces on the two sides of said blocks being at differentdistancesfrom the longitudinal axes of the clamp rods, and means fixedto said endgate for detachably engaging the free ends of said rods.

9.. In a device of the class described, in combination, a wagon body, anend-gate hinge-connected to the rear end of the floor thereof, clamprods pivotally connected to the rear ends of the sides of said body,clamp blocks in connection with said rods, said blocks having shouldersformed thereon, recesses in the end-gate adapted to receive saidshoulders and thereby securely lock the rear ends of the side boards tothe end-gate, and means fixed to said end-gate for detachably engagingthe free ends of the clamp rods.

8. In a device of the class described, in combination, a wagon body, anend-gate hinge-connected to the rear end thereof and movable abouteither of three separate pivotal axes, a transversely extending shaftforming the lower and principal one of said pivotal axes, clamp rodshaving a pivotal connection with the rear ends of the sides of saidbody, clamp blocks provided with shoulders in connection with said.clamp rods, recesses in the end-gate adapted to engages said shoulders,the shoulders on the clamp blocks and the pivotal connections of theclamp rods with the wagon body forming the second and third pivotal axesof said end-gate, and means secured to the end-gate for detachablyengaging the clamp rods, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

t. In a device of the class described, in

combination, a Wagon body, projecting lugs end of said shaft and holdsame in position, secured to the rear end of the floor thereof isubstantially as and for the purpose specia shaft engaging said lugs,said shaft being fied.

provided with a transversely bent end, an OLIVER B. REYNOLDS. end-gatehinged upon said shaft, and a Witnesses: spring clip fixed on one end ofthe end-gate W. B. LARsnN,

and arranged to releasably engage the bent I F. T. NORRIS.

